On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:48:01 -0400, Peter Kemp
peter_n_kempathotmaildotcom wrote:

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 20:58:33 -0700, Mary Shafer
wrote:

It takes eight hours to change out a 747 windscreen and clean out the
cockpit after hitting a snow goose, by the way.

Does that include the time to clean the pilots trousers?

There was a crew change already scheduled (PanAm from Somewhere to
Heathrow, on which they hit the goose, then PanAm from Heathrow to
LAX, which was delayed eight hours). We were on the London to Los
Angeles flight.

From some of the stories I've heard about PanAm 747 captains, a mere
bird strike wouldn't cause such a reaction. We were on the
next-to-last US flight out of Tehran, the one with people sitting in
the aisles and galleys, so I'm inclined to believe the stories.
Speaking of FAA and the FARs, it was completely legal, too.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer